Publications

Available from the Auckland Workers' Education Association
by contacting admin@awea.org.nz
or, where stated, downloaded from this page.

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Te Whare, The House 2008

This 32 film is an historical parable about the Treaty of Waitangi relationship set in a modern context. The DVD is accompanied by a booklet containing information and discussion prompts for use with adult New Zealanders, including young people from the age of about 15. Prior knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi is not required.

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Media and te Tiriti o Waitangi 2007

This 54 page report analyses a random sample of two week's television news an newspaper coverage of Treaty and Māori issues in 2007. It identifies continued use of negative themes about Māori in mass news items; a marked contrast in news values, themes and representations of Māori between Maori news and mass news programmes: direct health impacts of negative media coverage on Māori; and continued low use of te reo Māori in newspapers.

Download Media and the Treaty 2007

Kupu Taea has also produced a four-page checklist that includes common negative media frames about Maori, the item’s use of sources and te reo Maori, and absences that may unbalance articles. It also includes actions that consumers can take about items that undermine Maori and te Tiriti, with examples.

Download Media Consumer Checklist

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Lessons in Process: the Tawa Story 2nd edition 2007

This story was written in an attempt to understand why a women's group using alternative processes was not able to survive differences that arose within the group. It also shares the learning that resulted for some members reflecting on the events that occurred.

Download Lessons in Process
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Tangata Tiriti - Treaty People 2006

This kit has been designed to provide simple, accurate information in plain English about the Treaty of Waitangi for recent migrants. It includes 29 activities with hand-outs, overheads, worksheets and cards, as well as notes for facilitators. It would work best with a group of people considering the Treaty together.

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Media and Te Tiriti o Waitangi 2004 


This 40-page report analyses a random sample of two week's television news and newspaper coverage of Treaty and Maori issues in 2004. It identified a range of negative themes about Maori, and ways in which the media promoted Pakeha sources and concepts at the expense of Maori sources and te reo.

Download Media and the Treaty 2004

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Pākehā Treaty Work: an annotated bibliography 2002

This national bibliography of knowledge and reflection from the Pakeha Treaty movement includes 94 references to unpublished and published lectures, discussion papers, newsletters, reports, journal articles, conference papers and books written since 1980.

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Pākehā Treaty Work: Unpublished material 2002

This 248-page critical record gathers 30 previously unpublished reflections and analytical writings by key Pakeha individuals and organisations working for Treaty justice in Aotearoa, including Mitzi Nairn, Christine Herzog and Project Waitangi.
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Programme on Racism Collected Newsletters 2002

This 500-page volume, edited by Mitzi Nairn, documents the work of the Programme on Racism of the Conference of Churches and many other Pakeha groups active in support of the Treaty of Waitangi. It covers a critical period in New Zealand’s race relations, and a seven-page annotated contents list makes the collection easy to use.

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Treaty Conference 2000 Proceedings

The speeches and organisational stories from this national conference are a unique record of bicultural and multi-cultural work in this country at the turn of the millenium. A wide range of Tauiwi groups and organisations, including churches, city councils, activist groups, educational and women’s organisations, presented their experiences and models of Treaty work over the past two decades.